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Nic Allen
VOLUME
SPEAKS
VALUE
ABOUT ME
In A Nutshell...
"What sort of nut has a shell like this?"
This is daunting. What does someone put on an "about me" page? Here's goes. I've been a husband since 2000, a pastor since 2001, a dad since 2006, and a wildly sporadic blogger since 2022. Volume speaks value is a tagline I coined right out of the gate in ministry and you can read why in my inaugural post and as a running theme in most entries. More than anything else, I want the things I speak the loudest and the longest to be of the greatest value. That's what this Nic Allen page is about.
![We Allens have been so honored by the amount of love shown to my little Happy Hanukkah Devotional guide. It was a labor of love and joy to create that we hope blesses participants this year.
This excerpt [➡swipe to the end➡], from one of the eight devotions, is certainly about the miracle of Hanukkah but even more so about the joy of Christmas.
Immanuel...God with us in the middle of our mess providing not only light to see and make sense but also hope and joy and peace and love all because of HIS presence.
We need those things in a never-ending well-spring supply. When we walk through Advent and are reminded that He came and will come again, that is Christmas. And Hanukkah [pun intended] "lights" the way.
The upward facing symbol where the dreidel in this photo landed is the “shin” and stands for shtel arayn, which means “put in.” If the spinning top stops here, you have to add gelt. Bummer when you’re playing and running out of coins. But, bonus when you consider what put in might mean. We will only get out of Christmas and/or Hanukkah what we put in. So, are you putting time in God’s word, the story of His son? Are you putting energy into spreading the Good News? Are you putting hope in His triumphant return? Put a little extra time and energy and hope in Jesus this year. And let Hanukkah help. It truly does light a path toward Jesus in a way we need.](https://scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/470915348_1045323993950358_3631135493055612075_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=l4mMiI83laMQ7kNvgGGhuAt&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=AbgNM5_isGtgnTVJ-oKfh1a&oh=00_AYCJbzizQ_nDZnMzK8XzQ0lm1uf09dJv3aCWxCmsqzqJhA&oe=679650A2)
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